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DairyNZ calls for achievable methane target
By Rebecca Howard July 25 (BusinessDesk) - DairyNZ says a planned methane reduction target will set farmers up to fail and that the proposals need robust economic analysis. The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill proposes that gross emissions of biogenic methane be cut...
Primary Sector
Livestock Improvement more than doubles FY net profit
By Rebecca Howard July 24 (BusinessDesk) - Livestock Improvement Corp, the dairy herd genetics cooperative, more than doubled its full-year net profit and said it expects another strong result in the current year. Net profit jumped to $22.2 million in the year ended May 31,...
Primary Sector
Wrightson capital return gets shareholder approval
By Paul McBeth July 23 (BusinessDesk) - PGG Wrightson shareholders have again given the rural services firm the thumbs up to a capital return in a tax-efficient way. Shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme of arrangement to distribute $234 million to invest...
Primary Sector
Craigmore spends $32M to expand Kerikeri kiwifruit crop by 'more than a third'
By Pattrick Smellie July 22 (BusinessDesk) - The kiwifruit crop in Northland's Kerikeri area will increase by "more than a third" following Overseas Investment Office permission for agriculture investor Craigmore Sustainables to spend $32 million developing some 137 hectares o...
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Riley Kennedy
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Riley won the Dairy NZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024. He was the New Zealand Shareholders Association emerging journalist of the year in 2022. His journalism experience includes more than a year as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times. He has a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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